Public debate over an Israel-Hamas cease-fire resolution before the Santa Cruz City Council pushed the meeting into the early morning hours of Wednesday, with the council voting 5-2 against a call for a cease-fire and instead adopting a resolution that called for peace but dropped references to a cease-fire.
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Santa Cruz city, county elected leaders split on Israel-Hamas cease-fire
Both the Santa Cruz City Council and the county’s board of supervisors heard calls Tuesday to adopt a cease-fire resolution on the Israel-Hamas war. Supervisors rejected a resolution by a 3-2 margin, while the city council voted 5-2 to direct two councilmembers to draft a resolution to put to a Jan. 9 vote.
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Dozens of UCSC professors sign letter against plans to create ‘viewpoint-neutral history of Middle East’
About 150 University of California professors, including 33 from UC Santa Cruz, signed a letter urging UC President Michael Drake to take back his call for a “viewpoint-neutral history of the Middle East” in educational programming. Drake’s comments referenced a $7 million commitment to combating rising Islamophobia and antisemitism as campuses grapple with escalating tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.